{"id":1543,"date":"2020-07-16T12:39:44","date_gmt":"2020-07-16T12:39:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/?p=1543"},"modified":"2020-07-16T12:39:44","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T12:39:44","slug":"new-sophos-global-partner-program-deal-registration-and-incumbency-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/2020\/07\/partner-program\/new-sophos-global-partner-program-deal-registration-and-incumbency-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"New Sophos Global Partner Program \u2013 Deal Registration and Incumbency Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This coming Monday, (July 20, 2020), we are set to launch the new Sophos Global Partner Program. You can <a href=\"https:\/\/partners.sophos.com\/prm\/English\/c\/sophos-global-partner-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">find all the details\u00a0on the Sophos Partner Portal<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There will be a few changes to the deal registration and incumbency processes, and we would like to call these out specifically to make sure you transition to the new program smoothly.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Sophos Deal Registration<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>This is an established process and as a Sophos Partner, you can register new opportunities to receive higher discounts.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s New:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Deal registration now <strong>only applies to core products<\/strong><br \/>\nA summary of these products can be found in the Sophos price list.<\/li>\n<li>Deal registration has been expanded and now<strong> allows for eligible upgrades<br \/>\n<\/strong>With &#8220;eligible upgrades&#8221;, we mean that an existing customer can upgrade to a new core product.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>There is also additional criteria an opportunity has to meet in order to qualify for deal registration, such as meeting regional thresholds for SMB, i.e. run-rate, business. Check out our supporting material on the Sophos Partner Portal:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/partners.sophos.com\/prm\/English\/c\/sophos-global-partner-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Deal Registration Explained Video<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/partners.sophos.com\/prm\/English\/s\/assets?collectionId=10967\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Deal Registration Guidelines<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/partners.sophos.com\/prm\/English\/s\/assets?collectionId=10967\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Deal Registration Submission Guidelines<\/a><\/li>\n<li>How to Register Deals Video <em>(available via the info icon in the top right of the partner portal navigation)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Sophos Incumbency<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Incumbency gives you higher discounts on renewal opportunities (in case you were unaware, this existed prior to the launch of the new partner program). It\u2019s available when an existing customer renews the same product they previously purchased.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What\u2019s New:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>Incumbency now <strong>only applies to core products<\/strong><br \/>\nA summary of these products can be found in the Sophos price list.<\/li>\n<li>Incumbency <strong>must be requested <u>before<\/u> an opportunity is renewed<\/strong><\/li>\n<li>Incumbency discounts only apply when <strong>renewing the same products for the same customer<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>For more details, please consult these helpful assets:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/partners.sophos.com\/prm\/English\/c\/sophos-global-partner-program\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Incumbency Explained Video<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/partners.sophos.com\/prm\/English\/s\/assets?collectionId=10967\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Incumbency Guidelines<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/partners.sophos.com\/prm\/English\/s\/assets?collectionId=10967\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Incumbency Submission Guidelines<\/a><\/li>\n<li>How to Request Incumbency Video\u00a0<em>(available via the info icon in the top right of the partner portal navigation)<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Actions and Key Dates<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>The changes mentioned above will come into effect on July 20, 2020. Make sure you have access to the <a href=\"https:\/\/partners.sophos.com\/English\/Reseller\/opportunity_grid.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Opportunity Manager<\/a> on the Sophos Partner Portal, so you can register deals and request incumbency without any delays.<\/p>\n<p>Please note, that <strong>existing quotes will expire on July 17, 2020 and will be recalculated <\/strong>with new program discounts over the weekend. We recommend to close opportunities for non-core products prior to this date so you can benefit from higher discounts. Revised quotes will be available to view and download from the partner portal on July 20, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, the <strong>Opportunity Manager will be unavailable <\/strong>from 12:01 EST on Saturday, July 18 to 11:59pm EST on Sunday, July 19, 2020.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2><strong>Questions?<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Please take a look at our <a href=\"https:\/\/partners.sophos.com\/prm\/English\/s\/assets?collectionId=10964\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Partner FAQ<\/a> document to find answers to many of the commonly asked questions. If you still have any questions or uncertainties, please reach out to your Sophos representative or open a support case via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sophos.com\/support\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.sophos.com\/support<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><strong>Please note:<\/strong><\/em><em> The links above require access to the <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/partnerportal.sophos.com\"><em>Sophos Partner Portal<\/em><\/a><em> which is available for Sophos partners only. If you are a registered partner and have trouble logging in, please open a case on <\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.sophos.com\/support\"><em>www.sophos.com\/support<\/em><\/a><em>. <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>In some cases, if you are not logged in, the direct links given may not work. If so, verify you are logged in to the Partner Portal and then click the link again to view the desired page.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Find out what\u2019s changing with Sophos deal registration and incumbency on Monday, July 20, 2020.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":1519,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[17],"coauthors":[64],"class_list":["post-1543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-partner-program","tag-sophos-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2020\/07\/featured-image-partnership-evolved.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1543","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1543"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1543\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1557,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1543\/revisions\/1557"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1519"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1543"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1543"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1543"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/partnernews.sophos.com\/en-us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=1543"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}